Download lend me a tenor study guide subscribe now. May 02, 2014 placer community theaters springtime play lend me a tenor. There are several notable changes from the play turning it into a fullon musical comedy. Set in 1939 clevelad, a famous opera tenor is coming for a onenight performance. A note from the director of lend me a tenor the duluth.
Its the biggest night in the history of the cleveland grand opera company, with the worldfamous tenor, tito merelli, is set to perform his greatest role at the tenyear anniversary gala season opener. Originally produced by stage coach in 1994, lend me a tenor tells the story how the world famous tenor, tito merelli will perform for one night in the opera otello as the main character at the cleveland opera house. Receive the latest news directly to your inbox every monday, wednesday and friday. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Keyano theatre company and suncor presents lend me a tenor by ken ludwig, a laugh out loud comedy. Set in the early 1930s, an opera house is on the verge of disaster when the principal tenor is unable to perform. Sep 08, 2016 stanley tucci, anthony lapaglia, tony shalhoub, justin bartha and the cast of lend me a tenor duration. Lend me a tenor has been translated into sixteen languages and produced in twenty. Changes include major plot revisions between tito merrelli opera star and saunders opera.
It received nine tony award nominations and won for best actor philip bosco and best director. Set in the 1930s, lend me a tenor is a madcap screwball comedy that takes place when tito merelli, the fierytempered and world famous italian superstar, arrives in cleveland, ohio to make his debut with the local opera and promptly goes missing. Plenty of laughs an enchanting piece the london magazine. Lend me a tenor dinner deal westchester broadway theatre. Through a hilarious series of mishaps, world famous tenor, tito morelli, is given a double dose of tranquilizers, which mix with the booze he has consumed, and he passes out. Lend me a tenor this night in september of 1934 is the biggest in the history of the cleveland grand opera company. Lend me a tenor the musical original london cast recording.
It received nine tony award nominations and won for best actor philip bosco and best director jerry zaks. Pdf download music minus one tenor sax easy jazz duets. Assistant to saunders, and in love with saunderss daughter maggie, max has much more talent than is apparent. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Download music minus one tenor sax standards for tenor sax vol 2 i got rhythm with glenn pdf. Read or download lend me a tenor book by ken ludwig paperback. May 18, 2012 lend me a tenor, the third doorslamming farce to land on a shelby county stage in the past month, needs to be put out to pasture. This is a brilliant comedy played as farce, not slapstick with a fastmoving script, splitsecond timing, deliberate deception, lots of confusion, and an infatuation turning to love. The worldfamous tenor, tito merelli, is set to perform his greatest role at the tenyear anniversary gala season opener.
Winner of 3 tony awards and 4 drama desk awards, lend me a tenor is set in september 1934. Lend me a tenor stock pictures, royaltyfree photos. As saunders, the shows presenter, conspires to cover for titos absence, placate his hotblooded. Starring anthony lapaglia, tony shalhoub and justin bartha, lend me a tenor is a madcap screwball comedy that takes place when tito merelli, the fierytempered and world famous italian superstar, arrives in cleveland, ohio to make his debut with the local opera and promptly goes missing. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. A concert in ohio in 1934 is jeopardized when the lead italian tenor falls into a drunkenstupor. It is recommended that the original broadway cast recording, available on either itunes download or compact disk, be used in conjunction with discussion of the musical elements. Lend me a tenor, the third doorslamming farce to land on a shelby county stage in the past month, needs to be put out to pasture. Saunders, the general manager of the cleveland grand opera company, is primed to welcome world famous, tito morelli, il stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as otello. Saunders, the general manager of the cleveland grand opera company, is primed to welcome worldfamous singer tito merelli, known as il stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as the star of the opera.
Stream ad free with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Casting lead me a tenor, a play by little radical theatrics. Today is sunday, april 4, marking the official opening of the anthony lapaglia, tony shalhoub and justin bartha led broadway revival of ken ludwigs tonynominated farce lend me a tenor, at the. Executive director of the cleveland grand opera house, saunders is a man who gets things done, one way or another. Lend me a tenor is a must see at the black hills community theatre. Join stageagent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Mainstage season begins friday at venice theatre arts. Stage coach players of dekalb opens its 73 rd summer season with the riotous comedy, lend me a tenor, from ken ludwig.
Maggie is the sort of saucy ingenue i am ready to play. Lend me a tenor opens as the cleveland grand opera companys season gala is presenting worldfamous tenor tito morelli performing pagliacci, his greatest role. So this tool was designed for free download documents from the internet. Lend me a tenor characters breakdowns including full descriptions with standard casting requirements and expert analysis.
Placer community theaters springtime play lend me a tenor. Castcd112now available on cd and for digital download. Its the first time in our 45 years that weve ever made this offer. Ken ludwigs lend me a tenor is a feelgood, farcical musical comedy, a tale of unexpected romance, hilarious gags, and mistaken identity. You get a fair dollop of otello itself in the opening chorus before titos delayed arrival, cunningly reworked with new lyrics. Lend me a tenor original, play, comedy, farce, broadway opened in new york city mar 2, 1989 and played through apr 22, 1990. Its 1986 london production was nominated for the olivier award, and its. We believe everything in the internet must be free. When the worlds best tenor suddenly becomes unable to save the grand opera company in cleveland, ohio, chaos comes knocking. Peter sham is an actor, writer, director and educator. Lend me a tenor the musical is a giddy masterpiece of sorts. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Lend me a tenor is a musical with book and lyrics by peter sham and music by brad carroll.
Dinner is on us well help you beat those january blues with an extraordinary deal. It has all the right components of what makes a tremendous musical sensation. I am so pleased to have the cd of lend me a tenor in my collection, to my mind it is first class musical comedy. Lend me a tenor offers plenty of laughs october 25, 2018 9. In a panic, the opera companys diminutive assistant grabs a costume and makeup, pretends to be the famous morelli, and goes. Saunders, the general manager of the cleveland grand opera. When world famous italian tenor tito merelli is hired to play otello, little do these unsuspecting ohioans realize how many things can go wrong in one brief but actionpacked evening. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. The musical is based on the 1986 play of the same name by ken ludwig. Like all good farces, the play celebrates human foibles with a focus on basic human drivesthe.
With tenor, maker of gif keyboard, add popular download animated gifs to your conversations. Henry saunders general manager of the company is beyond stressed about everything turning out right, and insists that his assistant, max a nervous, young fellow and secret tenor extraordinaire watch over titos. Find highquality lend me a tenor stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. About us we believe everything in the internet must be free. Pdf, epubs, mobi, emagazines, epaper, ejournal and more.
Plenty of laughs an enchanting piece the london magazine hilarious. Stanley tucci, anthony lapaglia, tony shalhoub, justin bartha and the cast of lend me a tenor duration. Aug 15, 2010 set in the 1930s, lend me a tenor is a madcap screwball comedy that takes place when tito merelli, the fierytempered and world famous italian superstar, arrives in cleveland, ohio to make his. Listen to your favorite songs from lend me a tenor the musical original london cast recording by lend me a tenor the musical original london cast now. The worlds most renowned opera tenor, and notorious ladies man. Saunders, the general manager of the cleveland grand opera company, is primed to welcome world famous, tito morelli, il stupendo, the greatest tenor of his generation, to appear for one night only as canio from pagliacci. Worldrenowned tenor tito merelli has signed on to play otello at a cleveland opera company in the fall of 1934. One critic described lend me a tenor as an american farce in the classic french tradition. Lend me a tenor by ken ludwig paperback accessibility books library as well as its powerful features, including thousands and thousands of title from favorite author, along with the capability to read or download hundreds of boos on your pc or smartphone in minutes. Lend me a tenor revival, play, comedy, farce, broadway opened in new york city apr 4, 2010 and played through aug 15, 2010. Featuring phiiip jacques as tito merrelli, fred burks as mr. The play was produced on both the west end 1986 and broadway 1989.
On a very important night for the cleveland grand opera company, tito mirelli, the worldfamous italian tenor, is set to perform the starring role in otello. This awesome book ready for download, you can get this book now for free. The musical, he is the author of the musicals toyland, its a dogs life, and waxworks, and the plays shakespeares moby dick a classical adaptation of melvilles novel, killer kane with william peter blatty, the exorcist, and a christmas carol. Lend me a tenor the musical original london cast recording music mp3 album at cd universe, enjoy top rated service and worldwide shipping. In the following summary of lend me a tenor i will look at many different aspects affecting the play such as.
The play itself might be derivative, mechanical and devoid of real wit, but director stanley tuccis production of lend me a tenor starring anthony lapaglia, tony shalhoub and justin bartha is. Lend me a tenor is commonly considered his best nonmusical work. Discussion of themes and motifs in ken ludwigs lend me a tenor. Signage is good and there is plenty of parking behind the theater as well as at centennial park, which is on the south side of tampa avenue. A sort of cross between the producers and the boyfriend. Lend me a tenor made its broadway debut on march 2, 1989, at the royale theatre, starring philip bosco, jane connell, tovah feldshuh, victor garber, ron hotgate and j. Lend me a tenor, gielgud theatre, london the independent. Its september 8, 1934 the biggest night in the history of the cleveland grand opera company. But the opera is jeopardized when morelli falls into a drunken stupor. Frank rich was right when he described the 80sera hit as being.
Set in 1934, lend me a tenor is an extremely funny behindthescenes look at one day in the life of the cleveland grand opera company. As an aside, kollar directed lend me a tenor at venice theatre in 2002. With myself seeing this play eight times and almost getting all of the lines down myself i know that this will be the best summary of this play, or at least hope. Saunders, and rick schlussel as max the singing understudydogsbody. Dine free at lend me a tenor what to do armonk bedford. Legal notice we are not associated with any website in anyway. Lend me a tenor has been translated into sixteen languages and produced in twentyfive countries. A musical farce is a tricky thing to pull off, but lend me a tenor shows us how its done.
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